5 November 2012

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EAST Grinstead Town Council has launched a new website dedicated to the Neighbourhood Plan for East Grinstead, following a suggestion from the consultants AR Urbanism that an independent site would reach more residents.

This is a free service that has been granted to the Town Council.

The site can be found at www.eastgrinsteadplan.org.uk and is also linked from the Town Council’s existing neighbourhood plan page on the Council’s website www.eastgrinstead.gov.uk

The site has been developed with interaction in mind to encourage residents to give views or volunteer to be involved in the process. It also builds on the information already gathered by the Town Council since October 2011. The website will continue past the date of the adoption of the plan expected in 2012.

Neighbourhood Plan steering group chairman Norman Webster said: “This is another tool to give the process as wide an airing as possible. We hope the schools, amongst others, will promote to residents a site that is simple to reach and navigate. We hope it will bring forward yet more comments as we continue through this very important town project.”

The Town Council is continuing the consultation that will draw the plan together before it is given over to public consultation early in 2013. The plan is due for finalization in the Spring before being submitted to the District for examination and adoption.